Using Student Facilitator in Group Working of a Large Class

Duong Que Linh¹, Phan Minh Huyen^1, and Nguyen Vu Phong Van¹

¹Department of English, University of Economics and Business Administration, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

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Duong Que Linh, Phan Minh Huyen and Nguyen Vu Phong Van. Using Student Facilitator in Group Working of a Large Class. American Journal of Educational Research. 2019; 7(4):313-319. doi: 10.12691/education-7-4-3

Abstract

In attempt to create more interesting and motivating lessons for university students, and inspiring learners’ autonomy, teachers in Foreign Language Department of Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration (TUEBA), Viet Nam have been working industriously to find out the most appropriate methods matched with teaching context. It, however, has been a trouble with all of them because the number of students in each class is up to 60, even more. Hence, it is such a challenge to conduct their lectures effectively because there is a lack of fully attention from all of their students. The answer for this problem is to use the role of students themselves as facilitators for class activities, which is considered an appropriate solution. Thus, in this paper, the investigation on the effectiveness of this strategy is discussed.

Keywords:
teacher role facilitator group work English teaching TUEBA large class size

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